The Ann Arbor Fire Department launched a community engagement campaign to reduce potential fire risks during back-to-school parties.
Several unpermitted concerts around the University of Michigan’s campus during the first week of school last year saw several acts of arson.
Ann Arbor Fire Chief Mike Kennedy says the department worked with the city and U-M to avoid a repeat of last year’s fires. He says a strategy was formed to reach out to student housing property owners and inform them that such events are a fire hazard…